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1999·Action·1h 37m

7.2

★

A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

Directed by David Cronenberg

hacker

video game

virtual reality

pop star

bodyguard

dystopia

virtual fight

near future

Rank

#53 in 1999·#2976 overall

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.6 / 5

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Cast

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Allegra Geller

Jude Law

Jude Law

Ted Pikul

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Kiri Vinokur

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Gas

Don McKellar

Don McKellar

Yevgeny Nourish

Callum Keith Rennie

Callum Keith Rennie

Hugo Carlaw

Christopher Eccleston

Christopher Eccleston

Seminar Leader

Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

Merle

Robert A. Silverman

Robert A. Silverman

D'Arcy Nader

Kris Lemche

Kris Lemche

Noel Dichter

Vik Sahay

Vik Sahay

Male Assistant

Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Female Assistant

Crew

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

Director

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

Screenplay

Howard Shore

Howard Shore

Original Music Composer

Peter Suschitzky

Peter Suschitzky

Director of Photography

David Cronenberg

David Cronenberg

Producer

Robert Lantos

Robert Lantos

Producer

Tamara Deverell

Tamara Deverell

Art Direction

Denise Cronenberg

Denise Cronenberg

Costume Design

Goro Koyama

Goro Koyama

Foley

James Isaac

James Isaac

Visual Effects Supervisor

Peter Suschitzky

Peter Suschitzky

Camera Operator

John Nelles

John Nelles

Dialect Coach

Popular Reviews

546 reviews

Brendon

6.0★ · 07/07/25

Better than Ready Player One.Throughout the movie, I was questioning why I should care about what was happening since the game didn't seem to affect the plot that was introduced, and it was kind of making me uncaring towards this movie. I thought it was still entertaining with great effects, editing, and concepts, but I couldn't care about the characters. Before the ending, I was going to write this off, but after seeing the ending I might like it. This is a movie that is saved by its ending, and it will make rewatches mandatory. Even if the ending didn't save it, I still found interesting things about it that only Cronenberg could make sense.

Better than Ready Player One.Throughout the movie, I was questioning why I should care about what was happening since the game didn't seem to affect the plot that was introduced, and it was kind of making me uncaring towards this movie. I thought it was still entertaining with great effects, editing, and concepts, but I couldn't care about the characters. Before the ending, I was going to write this off, but after seeing the ending I might like it. This is a movie that is saved by its ending, and it will make rewatches mandatory. Even if the ending didn't save it, I still found interesting things about it that only Cronenberg could make sense.

1

hPRO

7.0★ · 01/05/25

even this reality is better than AI-generated jesus pizza on facebook

even this reality is better than AI-generated jesus pizza on facebook

1

Magnus

7.0★ · 05/16/26

does this mean that spinal sex is possible

does this mean that spinal sex is possible

danny

6.8★ · 09/08/23

me after i play too much cities: skylines and start to imagine how i would design areas as i drive

interesting! i think i'll need another watch to fully appreciate (without the people on the roof who love to play horrible music loudly, about to shoot them with a bone gun). took what most would see as a hackneyed plot idea and made it into a twisting, turning love affair with unreality and bizarre, genitalia-adjacent ephemera... cronenberg approved! also amazing how allegra's horrible hairstyle is used as a symbol (the curly and the straight?!?! and then all curly at one point and all straight at another??) chris eccleston ❤️❤️❤️ (he was in two scenes)

me after i play too much cities: skylines and start to imagine how i would design areas as i drive

interesting! i think i'll need another watch to fully appreciate (without the people on the roof who love to play horrible music loudly, about to shoot them with a bone gun). took what most would see as a hackneyed plot idea and made it into a twisting, turning love affair with unreality and bizarre, genitalia-adjacent ephemera... cronenberg approved! also amazing how allegra's horrible hairstyle is used as a symbol (the curly and the straight?!?! and then all curly at one point and all straight at another??) chris eccleston ❤️❤️❤️ (he was in two scenes)

Odditiest

10.0★ · 05/15/26

i'm feeling... a little disconnected from my real life.

i'm feeling... a little disconnected from my real life.

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